Plato/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words plato and/or philosophy:

“Man is the measure of all things; of that which is, that it is; of that which is not, that it is not.”
—Protagoras or Plato (c. 490–421 B.C.)

“If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture to their common denominator—the commodity form. The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value, counts.”
—Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)